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title: מִרְבָּה — much · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִרְבָּה (4767), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: much. BDB 1906: n.f. much Hiph. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִרְבָּה

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«מִרְבָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **much** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4767 · **BDB:** מִרְבָּה²

### Glosses

much (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

much [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4767/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. much Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4767/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. much;—only מ׳ לְהָכִיל Ez 23:32 much to contain, i.e. which contains much; but read מַרְבָּה Hiph. Pt. Hi-Sm Co Berthol Krae (v. √ Hiph. 1 d (1)).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִרְבָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4767/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.32/)

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כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה כּ֤וֹס אֲחוֹתֵךְ֙ תִּשְׁתִּ֔י הָעֲמֻקָּ֖ה וְהָרְחָבָ֑ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה לִצְחֹ֛ק וּלְלַ֖עַג מִרְבָּ֥ה לְהָכִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh the.cup your.sister your you.will.drink (the) deep and (the) wide it.will.become (into) laughter and (into) mockery much to contain

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the Lord GOD: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be for a scorn and a derision; it is full to the uttermost.

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